The module examines the ways in which literature has developed in response to developments in thinking about gender, the end of colonialism and globalization. We begin with a consideration of the contexts of colonialism and the significance of postcolonial appropriation of canonical texts for the formation of identities. We then move on to analyze broader theories relating to world literatures and the examination of identity is extended in the study of contemporary texts. Key themes include travel, diaspora, decolonization, borders and borderlessness, ecology, language, memory and the role of the transnational artist. The module ends with a consideration of transnationalism in literary studies and aims to facilitate critical thinking about globalization, gender and